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Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPX · 2001 · Chicago, IL
N718NP is a 2001 Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPX (serial 135), registered to Thurston Aviation LLC (LLC) in Chicago, IL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires July 2033; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 2023 (3 years ago). It carries 2 Honeywell TFE731-40R engines rated at 4,462 lbf each (8,924 lbf total), the engine on 5% of registered Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPXs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A99AFF. It is one of 38 Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPX aircraft on the FAA registry. Thurston Aviation LLC holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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2 of the 38 registered Israel Aircraft Industries ASTRA SPX carry this engine (5%), across 11 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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